saccharometer

[ sak-uh-rom-i-ter ]

/ ˌsæk əˈrɒm ɪ tər /

an instrument for measuring the amount of sugar in a solution, as by determining the specific gravity of the solution.

Origin of saccharometer

First recorded in 1775–85; saccharo- + -meter

sac·cha·ro·met·ric

[sak-uh-roh-me-trik] /ˌsæk ə roʊˈmɛ trɪk/, sac·cha·ro·met·ri·cal, adjective sac·cha·rom·e·try, noun

The thermometer will show at this degree, 226, saccharometer, 37.

Frye's Practical Candy Maker |George V. Frye
This stage of ripeness is determined by means of a must-scale or saccharometer.

Manual of American Grape-Growing |U. P. Hedrick
The thermometer showing 248, the saccharometer after this degree ceases to indicate correctly.

Frye's Practical Candy Maker |George V. Frye
The strength of worts is ascertained by means of an instrument termed a saccharometer.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley

This is a hard time for almost any man, who feels his random mind dipped into with a spirit-gauge and a saccharometer.

Mary Anerley |R. D. Blackmore

saccharometer

/ (ˌsækəˈrɒmɪtə) /

a hydrometer used to measure the strengths of sugar solutions. It is usually calibrated directly to give a reading of concentration